National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure

该奖项将提供资金，以部分支持与规划，组织和执行国家科学院（NAS）研究相关的费用，该研究题为“国家对精密大地测量基础设施的要求”，以及由国家研究理事会（NRC）地球科学和资源委员会编写的NAS报告的制作。 这项活动将重点关注地球科学研究的一个基本组成部分，该组成部分支撑着一个非常广泛的学科领域的研究活动，但仅仅因为它越来越被视为理所当然而受到威胁。 这项研究将评估通过改进大地测量基础设施提高精度而继续进行科学创新的潜力。 这项规划研究预计需时十七个月，费用共四十六万元。 NSF对这项研究的贡献是150，001美元。 国家航空航天局、美国地质调查局、国家海洋和大气管理局、美国海军天文台和美国运输部也要求提供资金。

This award will provide funding to partially support the costs associated with planning, organizing, and executing a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study entitled "National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure", as well as the production of a NAS report to be prepared by the National Research Council (NRC) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. This activity will provide critical focus on a fundamental component of earth science research that underpins research activity across an immensely broad disciplinary area but which is under threat simply because it has increasingly been taken for granted. The study will provide an assessment of the potential for continued scientific innovation that will be provided by improvements in precision that would be provided by improved geodetic infrastructure. This planning study is expected to take 17 months at a total cost of $460,000. The NSF contribution towards the study is $150,001. Funds have also been requested from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Naval Observatory, and U.S. Department of Transportation.